New Classical
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This new recording from Reykjavik’s Mikael Lind is exactly what its title suggests. “I wrote lots of phrases for violin, viola and cello,” he explains in the album’s notes, “and had them recorded in such a way that they became building blocks for something larger. The next step was to put these phrases together in…
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We’re a month away from the release of Daniela Orvin’s new album Home. Like her debut Untitled (2014-2016), it combines her classical training as a pianist with delicate, skillfully applied electronics. When she sings, hearts flutter. Orvin is emerging as an important talent in both her chosen fields: music and photography. Don’t be fooled by…
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Brooklyn’s 577 Records grew out of a series of living room concerts, the first of which took place at 577 Fifth Ave. in 2001. There is a long tradition of home-made gigs in jazz music. The more remarkable thing about 577 though – which runs very much contrary to jazz tradition – is that 100%…
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Gently played solo piano recordings have long served as a gateway drug for nascent classical music fans. They’re often a sufficiently easy listen as to be accessible, while at the same time offering listeners a welcome degree of sophistication. Plenty of ambient music fans have been drawn to the classics via the likes of Harold…
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If the end of summer signals a return to serious music, then this performance of Alex Mincek’s new work Images of Duration (In homage to Ellsworth Kelly) is well-timed. The percussion and piano quartet Yarn/Wire – for whom the piece was written – delivers a performance very much up to this serious task. The work…
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The sense of calamity that has historically come with turns of the century began, when it came our turn, in the form of an overhyped computer bug. Y2K was a fitting emergency for our time. It was of course digital, it was the result of short-sightedness and it reminded us how small the world we…
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